Walk · North Yorkshire

Fairy Dell, Coulby Newham

Middlesbrough · TS8 0UT

1.9MILES

55mON FOOT

55mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 100% 0% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 80%Lane & track 20%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Gunnergate Lane entrance to Fairy Dell, Coulby Newham, TS8 0UT TS8 0UT

Parking

Free roadside parking on Gunnergate Lane and at the Langdon Square shops five minutes away. There is no dedicated car park, and Gunnergate Lane is narrow, so leave the verges clear.

Directions to the start →

Forty-two acres of steep wooded banks, becks and wetland in a cleft below Coulby Newham, the old grounds of Gunnergate Hall and now a Green Flag site. The perimeter walk from Gunnergate Lane runs round the lake, past the bird hide and the carved wooden statues, and climbs the wooded sides on paths the council itself warns are uneven. It is the muddiest ground in Middlesbrough after rain and the closest thing the town has to a proper wood. Middlesbrough's only Public Spaces Protection Order covers the TS1 town centre, so there is no lead requirement here and no seasonal ban.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.5281, -1.2114

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.MIDDLESBROUGH.GOV.UK/CRIME-AND-SAFETY/PUBLIC-SPACE-PROTECTION-ORDERS/

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